The Future of Bipartisanship in the Trump Administration
…or even more if any Republicans balk. For example, if President Trump wants a major infrastructure spending bill that is not “paid for” with new revenue or reduced spending elsewhere,…
Washington Post analysis of Hagel pick features Stimson defense spending survey
On Monday President Obama announced former Senator Chuck Hagel as his nominee as the next Secretary of Defense. Washington Post Wonkblog’s coverage focused on the spending challenges Hagel is…
Matthew Leatherman on the reality of war spending
Click here to read Matthew Leatherman’s article “U.S. War Spending Might Not Drop” in Defense News….
Japanese defense spending at the fiscal crossroads
…increased its defence budget every year since 2005. The uptick in spending has continued since Abe left office in September 2020 — last December, the Ministry of Defense released its revised budget…
NATO Isn’t Cheap—and It’s Still Worth the Price
…assesses warfighting readiness only presumptively. Even less definitive, although still prized, is the information offered by defense budgets about state intentions. This is because spending on defense as a percentage…
Stimson report on military strategy and spending is featured by Associated Press
The Defense Department could shed 60,000 more troops than planned and 50,000 civilian employees without hurting U.S. fighting power, four former members of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said…
Russell Rumbaugh is quoted in Foreign Policy on defense spending
FP’s Situation Report: Another insider attack raises new questions at Fort Hood Stimson’s Russell Rumbaugh’s one-pager on the implications for defense spending in Paul Ryan’s budget, here. To read the…
Experts React: Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy
…International Development. Finally, the NSS calls upon South Korea to increase its defense spending and contribution to burden sharing (p. 24). SIPRI’s data on military expenditure shows South Korea as…